UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (USA)

Capital: Washington, District of Columbia (District of Columbia).

Flag: the flag consists of 13 alternating strips, 7 red and 6 white; they represent 13 original colonies. Fifty five-pointed white stars representing the true quantity of states in the Union are located in 9 horizontal rows serially 6 and 5 against the blue field in the top left corner of a flag.

Logo: The American eagle with the extended wings has the board consisting of 13 alternating white and red strips with a wide blue strip from above. The correct lump puts on an olive branch, representing the world; at the left - 13 arrows symbolizing military force. The beak of an eagle holds a banner with the motto "E pluribus unum" (from many, one); overhead costs are a constellation from 13 five-pointed stars in glory. Reverse: over the truncated pyramid - an all-seeing eye in a triangle; in the lower part of this triangle the Roman figures MDCCLXXVI (1776) appear. The pyramid costs on the grassy earth, against the background of mountains. The words "Annuit Coeptis" (He approved our undertakings), and on a banner of "Novus Ordo Seclorum" (a new order of times) whole surrounds.
Poster: Star banner.
Slogan: In God we trust.

Money: US dollar ($) in 100 cents - paper currency with a floating rate. There are coins of 1, 5, 10, 25 and 50 cents and 1 dollar and also banknotes of 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 dollars. Though the release of higher notes stopped in 1969, the limited quantity of notes in 500, 1000, 5000 and 10000 dollars is in circulation. In 2000 it was presented a gold coin with 1 dollar with participation of Sacagawea.

WEIGHT AND MEASURES: The imperial system is widely used; however use of metrics grows in the industry, and the system of indicators is taught at public schools across all territory of the United States. The usual used units of avoirdupois are pound of avoirdupois of 16 ounces or 453,5924277 g; long ton of 2240 pounds or 35 840 ounces; and shorter ton more often used, 2000 pounds or 32 000 ounces. (If other isn't specified, all measures specified in tons make short tons.) Liquid measures: 1 gallon = 231 cubes. Inch = 4 quarts = 8 pint. Dry measures: 1 bushel = 4 clubs = 32 dry quarts = 64 dry pints. Linear measures: 1 foot = 12 inches; 1 stat mi = 1,760 y = 5280 feet. Metric equivalent: 1 m = 39,37 inches

FEDERAL HOLIDAYS: New year, on January 1; The Birthday of Martin Luther King, younger, 3rd Monday in January; Lincoln Birthday, on February 12 (only in northern and the West); Birthday of Washington, 3rd Monday of February; Day of remembrance or Day of remembrance last Monday of May; Independence Day, on July 4; Labor Day, 1st Monday of September; Day of Columbus, 2nd Monday of October; The Election day, the 1st Tuesday after the 1st Monday in November; Day of veterans or Armistice Day, on November 11; Thanksgiving Day, 4th Thursday of November; Christmas, on December 25.